Goodreads synopsis: In a society that allows no more than two children per family under penalty of death, third children are forced into hiding, or to live with false identity papers. In Among the Impostors, Nina Idi was arrested for treason for supposedly trying to trick the Population Police into arresting other students she said were illegal third children. Now she faces torture or death -- unless she agrees to betray three other imprisoned third children. Her dilemma intensifies when she meets the prisoners -- who are only ten, nine, and six.
As she did so brilliantly in the Publishers Weekly best-selling Among the Hidden and in Among the Impostors, Margaret Peterson Haddix once again brings readers to a world in which nothing is as it seems -- a world in which an imprisonment leads to an adventure of mind, body, and spirit.
My rating: 3 stars.
Content warnings: PG. Some fear and mentions of excrement.
Thoughts: Not my favorite of the Shadow Children books so far, but definitely a good book. I would have liked it more if Nina hadn't actually been innocent in the beginning, but I'll take what I can get. It's still a lovely story, and I think it will prove to be a really good choice for Haddix to focus on other third children throughout the series. This one was quick to read, and not quite as deeply touching as the first two, but I'm looking forward to the next one, so it did its job well.
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